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Concert promoter Lu Vason founded the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo in 1984. The touring rodeo celebrates Black cowboys. [18] In 1987, a statue of Pickett performing his signature "bulldogging" maneuver, made by artist Lisa Perry, was presented to the city of Fort Worth, Texas by the North Fort Worth
Born in 1871, Bill Pickett -- a young man of African-American and Native American descent -- grew up in Texas where he polished his roping and riding skills as a cowboy on a local ranch.
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A few mainstream Western movies and television shows in the 1960s included Black characters, including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with Woody Strode, and two episodes of The Rifleman (1962) with Sammy Davis Jr. [12] In 1972 the documentary Black Rodeo, narrated by Woody Strode, told stories of Black cowboys. [12]
The Stockyards Championship Rodeo has been held at Cowtown Coliseum almost every Friday and Saturday since 1992. The venue also occasionally holds events sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo (BPIR), Working Ranch Cowboys Association (WRCA), and Bulls, Bands & Barrels (BBB).
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A young black Texas cowboy, Cory Solomon, joined the PRCA as a tie-down roper in 2009. Whitfield soon became Solomon's mentor. [5] In 2011, Whitfield won the year-end tie-down roping championship for the semi-professional Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA). [13]
Every year, the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo travels the country, celebrating the legacy of the black cowboy. We brought some of the coolest Western-inspired fashion to the tour's Oakland stop ...